Sir, you and I have very different interpretations of the meaning of 'enhance'. I found that video to be horrible. The frame interpolation was completely jarring enlarging an image and adding smoothing does not make it 'Ultra HD'. I'd say they/destroyed/ the video, not enhanced it.

The original footage was 4fps and not exactly 1080p, so yes, and it's to be expected. I imagine with a lot more work you could eliminate most of it, but that would probably require adjusting every frame by hand (which would be extremely laborious). And by that point the end result will be even more made-up than the current result.

I would say yes, it's the modern production fix of dropped frames, like interpolating photography when the data's not really there to increase the size. Other stuff is probably from a camera dynamically trying to balance light and color. Nonetheless, truly an awesome video.

CSI? Wrong site, wrong show! "There's a reflection of an alien shadow off that rock" is a line from STNG, the one where Geordi turns into some sort of weird invisible alien (it's Geordi's line word for word IIRC).

Thank you for the passive-aggressive response. However, my comment was directed at the portion of TFS which reads:

To add sound effects which in turn give you the sensation of the ride of your life.

In my opinion, these sound effects do more to cheapen the sensation rather than enhance it.

If you don't like that I happen to have an opinion of my own, surely your internet browser has a helpful interface element known as a scroll bar, which allows you to progress further down the page and pass up the offending opinion.

I agree, the video's really impressive, but the sound effects are just... fake. I actually turned them off after a few seconds because they were so fake and watched the rest in silence, which I think much improved the video.

Ultra-HD - also known as 4K [ultrahdtv.net] isn't 1080, it's 2160. Hate to nit-pick, but this article is going to look incredibly stupid still lingering on the web after 4K comes out, especially since the spec already exist and if you really want to shell out you can get an Ultra-HDTV today.

So what's stopping us getting this quality (along with some sound) for real? I heard NASA didn't include a microphone, because the extra weight would be costly, but they're not considering the impact it would have on the public's imagination (and hence potential funding) for future projects.